Kingdom Animalia Family Aphididae Genus Myzus Order True bugs | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Myzus, True bugs, Rhopalosiphoninus latysiphon, Aulacorthum solani, Chaetosiphon fragaefolii | ||
The Shallot aphid (Myzus ascalonicus) is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants.
Economic importance
This aphid is known to attack many economically important plants such as cucumber, pumpkin, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, turnip, strawberry, Chrysanthemum, and Tulipa.
References
Myzus ascalonicus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA